#E9ECD6#E9ECD6

#E9ECD6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.029 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ECD6
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 214)
HSL	hsl(68, 37%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(68, 9%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 9.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.65, -4.77, 10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.65, 11.38, 114.82°)
OKLab	oklab(93.49% -0.0116 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(93.49% 0.029 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.7357, 82.1698, 75.4758)
Luminance	0.8217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ECD6 #D9D6EC

analogous

#ECE4D6 #E9ECD6 #DEECD6

triadic

#E9ECD6 #D6E9EC #ECD6E9

tetradic

#E9ECD6 #D6ECE4 #D9D6EC #ECD6DE

square

#E9ECD6 #D6ECE4 #D9D6EC #ECD6DE

split-complementary

#E9ECD6 #D6DEEC #E4D6EC

monochromatic

#BCC582 #D3D9AC #E9ECD6 #F4F5EA #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#E9ECD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.43

#E9ECD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ECD6

17.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ECD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ECD6	1.00	1.20	17.43	17.43
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0EAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0EAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE9E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ecd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.029 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f2e2',
    500: '#e9ecd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ecd6;
$custom-light: #f0f2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ecd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 88.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93491,
    "c": 0.02929,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ECD6

secondary

#A5A0C7

accent

#36B047

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ECD6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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